shotgun
- 英式英标[\'ʃɑtɡʌn]
- 美式音标[\'ʃɒtgʌn]
n. 霰弹猎枪
adj. 猎枪的；被迫的
vt. 用猎枪射击；强迫
vi. 用猎枪射击
中文词源
shotgun 霰弹枪，猎枪
shot,霰弹，gun,枪。
英文词源
- shotgun (n.)
- 1821, American English, from shot (n.) in the sense of "lead in small pellets" (1770) + gun (n.). As distinguished from a rifle, which fires bullets. Shotgun wedding first attested 1903, American English. To ride shotgun is 1963, from custom of having an armed man beside the driver on the stagecoach in Old West movies to ward off trouble.
实用例句
- 1. She had spotted a man with a shotgun taking aim.
- 她发现一个正持猎枪瞄准的男子。
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- 2. Her father shot himself in the head with a shotgun.
- 她父亲用一把猎枪开枪自杀了。
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- 3. Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
- 汤姆在办公室放了一支装了子弹的10英尺长的猎枪。
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- 4. He prodded Murray with the shotgun.
- 他用猎枪捅了捅默里。
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- 5. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
- 他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
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